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A travesty

N Doherty | San Francisco | 03/11/2005

(1 out of 5 stars)

"I have nothing against midi or computer piano music, but this is very bad, indeed!"

Embarrassingly Poor!

Chris John Pillsbury | Texas, USA | 06/03/2006

(1 out of 5 stars)

"It is one thing to play 'timeless classics' it is another thing to play 'timeless classics' badly. I could not stand to listen to more than thirty seconds of each track. The playing though accurate (after how many takes?) has no life what so ever. Has Kathy heard about phrasing? Each note is played separately with no phrasing so every note is stabbed into the ear! Bah bah bah bah bah bah ect. Wow... what a waste of money to produce such a poor recording. It is clear that this is an adult student or teacher that has lots of money, and little to no musical ear. "Kathy, this week, use your metronome, practice your scales and Hannon, and we'll work more on this next week.""

Wow

David R. Moran | Wayland, MA United States | 02/21/2009

(1 out of 5 stars)

"How the hell did this lame effort get recorded and released?? Why? Whose bad idea was this?



In the period 1955 - '65 tens of thousands of kids across the USA played these pieces this badly, or perhaps less badly, myself among them. Ditto 10 years later, 20 years later, and 30 years later, when my own kids did so. Keane even makes the same mistakes at the same rough spots I did.



Whoever wrote the metronome/Hannon advice is spot-on. Hands separately, then together. Bring out the appropriate voices. (Listening) Please, God, make it stop hurting. This is *not* to be encouraged or repeated. Back to the Fortnightly Musical Club for KK.



Please tell me this was not her parents' and teacher's doing. The late teachers Marley Johnson and Allen Barker, like hundreds elsewhere across the decades, are cringing, patiently but firmly, in their graves."